Improvement in breech-loading fire-arms



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Bree0hLoading Fire-Arm.

Patented May 17. 18'70.

at-wt JARVIS DAVIS, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO P. SMITH, OF SAME PLACE;

' Letters Patent No. 103,154, dated May 17, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN BREEGIHI-II'JOADIIIG- FIRE-ARMS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and. making part of the same To all whom 'it may concern vented a new and useful Improvement in Breech-loath ing Fire-arm's and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in' the art to make and use the same, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawing forming partof this specification.

This invention relates to a new and useful improvement in breech-loading fire-arms, whereby they are made more simple and durable than they have hitherto been, and

It consists in a looking-lever for the barrel, and arranged and operating as hereinafter more fully de-' scribed.

In the accompanying drawing-- Fignre 1 is a longitudinal side view, partly in soction.

Figure 2 is a longitudinal section of fig, 1, on'the line a: 2:.

pressing the muzzle end, which throws up the breech end.

The barrelis held in place for firing by means of the lever F, which is pivoted to the frame at G.

There is a. lip, H, on one end of the lever, which enters a cavitv in the side of the barrel, when the 'comes in contact with it.

barrel is in place, by means of which the barrel is rigidly held, as seen in fig. 2.

I is a pin, which passes transversely through the stock, and through the lock-plate.

When the hammer is down the end of this pin I half-cock the pin will pass it by means of the cavity in the hammer, as seen at J.

K is the thumb-piece of the lever.

The pin I. is provided witha collar, L, which works in a chamber-M of the stock. I I

N is a spiral spring in the bottom of the chamber,

which bears against the collar, and serves to force the pin outward against the thumb-piece K with a con- 'stant pressure, which pressure tends to keep the bar-.

rel locked and in place, except when loading the piece or extracting the cartridge-shell.

O is the igniting pin, which is placed loosely in the breech-piece, and held in its orifice by the recess and stop, as seen at P.

R is the extractor, to which stems S S are attached,

- which slide in holes in the barrel.

stantially as and for the purposes herein shown and described.

Witnesses:

S. G. LEVALLEY, F. -A. GLANZ.

JARVIS DAVIS.

When the' hammer is-at 

